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The popular Whatsapp? messaging tool might be the next big money mobile acquisition, with Facebook said to be aiming its enormous wallet in the direction of the cross-platform chat app.
Whatsapp? is believed to have more than 100 million active users who transfer around 1 billion messages a day, all using data and wi-fi connections that operate outside of the traditional mobile network calling and texting allowance.
What’s particularly interesting it that a deal would see Facebook buying an app that’s currently paid for by its users, with the maker of Whatsapp? currently asking for 69p in return for the iOS version, while the Android app is free for two months then 69p a year after that.
Considering it’s ad-free that’s seen as quite a good deal, and the nigh-on two million user reviews of the Android app confirm its rampant popularity. [TechCrunch]
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I’ve never had to pay for the app on my phone, been using it for around 2 years now, and i hope to god facebook dont buy whatsapp.
am with you there, they will just ruin it
Just concerned about facebook owning our messages or images/video transferred using the app. Maybe not initially, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they change their terms and conditions a few months down the line stating that they own your messages!
wouldn’t surprise me at all
Never paid for it after a few years on Android. So long as FBK don’t mess up what is basically a very good, stable app.
If they purchase it, don’t put any FB branding in, and update it to use the Holo theme I’m fine with it. Instagram has been ok so far.
Never had to pay for this and even for 69p a year, I’m not sure that I’d like to pay for it.
The issue with FB possibly buying it, is they’ll probably (as others have said) change T&C’s in a minor way, and possibly slap their ads, or ‘integration’ over it.
Also, just want to point out that the image used for this is pretty silly, you can’t send a message to someone on whatsapp unless they’re using it
Never had to pay for this and even for 69p a year, I’m not sure that I’d like to pay for it.
69p! I wouldn’t mind paying it, it’s the cost of 7 text messages, surely you can stretch that much? I know we’re in a recession n what not but come on sixty nine pennies!
Oh dear god no, Whatsapp is the main thing I use my phone for, Facebook would just screw it up! >_<
Please.. anyone but Facebook!
Ok not RIM either, but I like Whatsapp. dont ruin it for me!
And I’ve never had to pay for it either. They told me I would have to after a year when I first signed up, but I never got charged